Comments on: Instant analysis: Tigers 11, Nats 1http://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/
News, analysis and commentary from someone who has covered the Washington Nationals since Day 1Sun, 02 Aug 2015 22:22:37 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Alexander Carolinehttp://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257561
Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:27:56 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257561Tesla and Elon Muskhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrzMdoKPPaA
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Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:01:54 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257052I highly doubt that there is some sort of summer influenza going around, but coaches tend to call everything the flu when talking to the media. Traditionally, it means that a guy tied one on the night before….
]]>By: The Real Feel Wood. Accept no substitutes.http://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257033
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:25:14 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257033Ah, so it is all LaRoche's fault. If he'd gotten his flu shot instead of holing up in a tree to shoot deer last winter, we'd all be buying our playoff strips now.I bet that meat he sells is tainted too.
]]>By: NatsLadyhttp://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257026
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:11:47 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257026Wonk, on your list–you forgot the flu. I have this feeling it hit harder than anyone let on. This morning on the radio, they said Storen was sitting by himself in the bullpen so he wouldn't infect his teammates.If someone is that sick they need to be AT HOME. Even Rizzo had a hard time explaining why Storen was in that game, and he was REALLY trying to support Davey. Of coures, that flu probably hit other teams, and it was particularly bad, it's been in the newspaper. I just have a feeling it wasn't taken seriously and it lingered long past when it should have.
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Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:05:18 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257023No, don't have any negative thoughts or helpful thoughts. Reality is hard to swallow for some.Been watching various incarnations of MLB since 1969. You can mock people (posters). You're better off on the sidelines. To close to Football? To those that don't fully understand Baseball.Be a Red Sox fan. Better yet a Cubs fan.
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Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:04:29 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257021jeffwx, good point, could be worse.how bout Norris going to the O's from the Astros and they are playing each other night…I guess he just walks across the hall and puts on his new uni but Bo will need to change up his signs before game time…pretty funny.
]]>By: jeffwxhttp://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257019
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:54:07 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257019You think we got it bad…how about the LA Angels of Aneheim or the Blue Jays both who mortgaged their future for this year
]]>By: Almazar80http://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257016
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:50:23 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257016Team's making a great effort without positive results. That's the team line. I guess I'll just swallow the team line. Is this comment better?
]]>By: SCNatsFanhttp://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257015
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:50:15 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257015I agree. Davey not stepping away will prevent it from happening but should this team continue on the death spiral I wouldn't be surprised to see the old health related issues excuse raise its head. Like hrodding the manager.
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Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:46:53 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257014MrsB, I am not saying Knorr is the answer but we will never know unless he is given a chance…no reason not to give him the audition given the state of the team.Girardi would be great but wouldn't you like to see how Knorr does between now and the end of the year? We all know DJ is leaving…give him his rocking chair and plane tickets to Bora Bora next week and see what Knorr is made of…not saying we will reel off 20 in a row but it certainly can't hurt to see if he can be the guy next year.
]]>By: MrsB loves the Natshttp://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257011
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:37:09 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257011I like Knorr – I just don't think he the answer for manager… I'm still hoping for Girardi… Really think the ball club needs a whole new team…I feel bad for DJ… But I'm gonna keep hope alive that he ends this year on a good note…But Wonk is right… A collection of things that could go wrong, did go wrong… And we see the evidence in the way we play and our record…
]]>By: EmDashhttp://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257009
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:31:05 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257009As for Harper's comments…showing competitive fire's great. But what he did here was call out the attitude of his team's veterans in the media as a second-year player. No one in baseball takes that very well, and it adds yet more off-field drama for a team that's had more than enough. It's ill-addvised to make this kind of thing public.
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Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:18:16 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257008you make a change to Knorr for no other reason than to make a change and see how the man does for the remainder of the season. Yes its a small sample size of only 50+ games but so what, it gives Rizzo and others an idea of whether he is the man for the job next year. Its not like Davey is making good, sound decisions anyway…to me its a no brainer and may, repeat may, give this team a kick in the a%&.Am sure it won't happen but it should, heck Davey should make it easy on Rizzo and just step down.
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Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:15:47 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257007While scanning fans clapping for 2 strikes in the 9th Toronto at Oakland, saw an old felow weraing a Curly W hat.
]]>By: SCNatsFanhttp://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257006
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:02:56 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257006Forget the Braves. That's like comparing me with Brad Pitt.
]]>By: Donhttp://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257005
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:59:50 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257005I am guessing that Robbie Cano is not going to get $200M. Kinsler was the highest paid 2B at 5 yrs $75M. Pedroia just signed for 7 yrs $100M. The Dodgers will be in on him, but the Dodgers are not paying the guy more than they paid Kemp (not to mention they will have something like 7 guys making more than $15M/yr already in 2014). The Yanks can give him $20M+/yr but he might want a chance to WIN someplace. :-)Cano is looking at something like 6 yrs $128M – a hunch. The Nats can afford him. They can't afford to NOT go for a big, bold guy given that they are in the win-now mode. If they stand around and hope to compete with the group they have now, they are going to finish around 500 a lot.
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Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:58:34 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257004I agree with you JD. I don't think the Nationals are making it. But I just don't get why people keep scoreboard watching the Braves. At least look at the race that is closer.
]]>By: Unknownhttp://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257003
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:57:54 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257003Whoever we get, the DC baseball vortex will suck them in and make them stink. Braves bring up nameless rookies who become stars, Nats sign good players who can't even perform at replacement levels when they don the Curly W. face it, 2012 was probably the high water mark for this franchise. Nothing good ever happens or lasts with Washington baseball.
]]>By: EmDashhttp://natsinsider.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1/comment-page-1/#comment-257002
Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:56:54 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257002The prime pitching asset the O's acquired was *Bud Norris,* though. He's the averagest-average pitcher there is. Better than Hammel for their rotation, but not that huge of an upgrade.
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Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:56:16 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/instant-analysis-tigers-11-nats-1#comment-257001 David. It's gonna be 7.5 in about 10 minutes. And none of it matters if the Nats don't start playing better than they have played all year.
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